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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *   Author:  Juergen Pfeifer, 1995,1997                                    *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "form.priv.h"
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: fld_max.c,v 1.9 2004/12/11 21:51:54 tom Exp $")
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnform  
+|   Function      :  int set_max_field(FIELD *field, int maxgrow)
+|   
+|   Description   :  Set the maximum growth for a dynamic field. If maxgrow=0
+|                    the field may grow to any possible size.
+|
+|   Return Values :  E_OK           - success
+|                    E_BAD_ARGUMENT - invalid argument
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+set_max_field(FIELD *field, int maxgrow)
+{
+  T((T_CALLED("set_max_field(%p,%d)"), field, maxgrow));
+
+  if (!field || (maxgrow < 0))
+    RETURN(E_BAD_ARGUMENT);
+  else
+    {
+      bool single_line_field = Single_Line_Field(field);
+
+      if (maxgrow > 0)
+	{
+	  if ((single_line_field && (maxgrow < field->dcols)) ||
+	      (!single_line_field && (maxgrow < field->drows)))
+	    RETURN(E_BAD_ARGUMENT);
+	}
+      field->maxgrow = maxgrow;
+      field->status &= ~_MAY_GROW;
+      if (!(field->opts & O_STATIC))
+	{
+	  if ((maxgrow == 0) ||
+	      (single_line_field && (field->dcols < maxgrow)) ||
+	      (!single_line_field && (field->drows < maxgrow)))
+	    field->status |= _MAY_GROW;
+	}
+    }
+  RETURN(E_OK);
+}
+
+/* fld_max.c ends here */